Ger/CB/1917 very fast, Germany Battlecruiser laid down 1917 (Engine 1927)
Displacement:
34,397 t light; 36,071 t standard; 38,100 t normal; 39,723 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
852.97 ft / 850.00 ft x 105.00 ft x 30.00 ft (normal load)
259.99 m / 259.08 m x 32.00 m x 9.14 m
Armament:
6 - 18.00" / 457 mm guns (2x3 guns), 2,916.00lbs / 1,322.68kg shells, 1917 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
10 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1917 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 18,121 lbs / 8,220 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 90
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 540.00 ft / 164.59 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
2.00" / 51 mm 560.00 ft / 170.69 m 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 4.00" / 102 mm 6.00" / 152 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 3.00" / 76 mm
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 6 shafts, 275,894 shp / 205,817 Kw = 36.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,652 tons
Complement:
1,363 - 1,772
Cost:
£7.865 million / $31.460 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,265 tons, 5.9 %
Armour: 4,839 tons, 12.7 %
- Belts: 1,104 tons, 2.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,326 tons, 3.5 %
- Armament: 1,310 tons, 3.4 %
- Armour Deck: 1,098 tons, 2.9 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 8,709 tons, 22.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 18,584 tons, 48.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,703 tons, 9.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
33,698 lbs / 15,285 Kg = 11.6 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 4.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
Metacentric height 8.2 ft / 2.5 m
Roll period: 15.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.64
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.498
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.10 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.15 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 34.00 ft / 10.36 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Mid (50 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Stern: 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Average freeboard: 27.56 ft / 8.40 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 145.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 224.0 %
Waterplane Area: 59,359 Square feet or 5,515 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 94 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 215 lbs/sq ft or 1,048 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.49
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
A very fast battlecruiser: Ger/CB/1917
I don't believe that I have published this previously: Ger/CB/1917. I did not give the design a designation on the specification page, but this is my estimate. The ship was to be a 36,000 ton Standard battlecruiser with 6-18in and 10-5in guns. The normal displacement was to be 37,500 tons. I had hoped for very extreme and unrealistic speeds, but 36 knots is still pretty good. This is the Springsharp report:
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